#CDBD4D#CDBD4D

#CDBD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD4D
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -7.74, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 57.51, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0257 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7158, 49.9120, 14.2983)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD4D #4D5DCD

analogous

#CD7D4D #CDBD4D #9DCD4D

triadic

#CDBD4D #4DCDBD #BD4DCD

tetradic

#CDBD4D #4DCD7D #4D5DCD #CD4D9D

square

#CDBD4D #4DCD7D #4D5DCD #CD4D9D

split-complementary

#CDBD4D #4D9DCD #7D4DCD

monochromatic

#7D7123 #AC9D30 #CDBD4D #DACF7D #E8E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CDBD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD4D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD4D	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd084',
    500: '#cdbd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd4d;
$custom-light: #dfd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79059,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD4D

secondary

#A0A7D6

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD4D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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